Politics & Policy

May 14, 2015

State legislators in Michigan have introduced a set of bills that put at risk some of the state’s most vulnerable residents: Michigan’s more than 3,300 youth living in care. These three bills, HB 4188, 4189, and 4190, are Indiana-style RFRAs, and would permit adoption and foster care service...

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Michael Porcello

Family Economic Security Politics & Policy

May 14, 2015

Mocha Moms, Inc. announces it is expanding its mission to advocate for Mothers of color, broadening its origins 18 years ago as a support group for at-Home mothers of color. "There's been a lot of change and growth in our organization," said Kuae Mattox, National President of Mocha Moms, Inc. "Our...

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LaShaun Martin

Politics & Policy

May 8, 2015

“Held captive.” It was how one 13-year-old described the feeling of growing up poor in our wealthy nation, and for more and more Americans living in poverty, this feeling isn’t just a metaphor. The recent Department of Justice report on police and court practices in Ferguson, Missouri put a much...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Families & The Federal Budget Politics & Policy

May 7, 2015

Let's get serious about Mother's Day. Not about the pretense: we all know that drill; it's not really about the flowers and dinners, etc. The real story is much more stark, but also quite sensational. A woman proposed it: an assertive woman who was not looking for gifts and attention, but who...

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Susan Shaer

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Health Care MomsVote Politics & Policy

May 7, 2015

Mothers In Charge is turning pain into power by launching a new effort to focus resources on the root causes of violence and promote healing.

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Diann Rust-Tierney

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy Realistic & Fair Wages

May 5, 2015

In celebration of National Teacher Week I’d like to talk about the many women in teaching. It is of no surprise that teaching is a female dominated profession. Back in September the New York Times published an article “ Why don’t more men go into teaching ?” citing that more than 75% of all...

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Vanessa Rodriguez

Politics & Policy

May 1, 2015

I have just travelled by train back and forth from New York to Washington D.C., passing through the Baltimore train station in each direction. Both times as I listened to the passenger doors opening and closing again, I looked out my window for the signs of social distress I knew was underway. I...

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Carla Goldstein

Politics & Policy

May 1, 2015

This blog post and accompanying photo collage originally appeared in Tech Life Magazine . If you turned on the television and watched the evening news it appears that the entire community of Baltimore looks like a war zone. However, underneath all the Baltimore riots smoke, fires and unrest, there...

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Eva Smith

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Politics & Policy

April 28, 2015

As I watch the events unfolding following Freddie Gray’s funeral , I’m trying to find inspiration from the March2Justice that happened just one week ago today. Justice League NYC —along with families, youth, and community leaders—marched 250 miles from New York City all the way to the nation's...

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Jeannina Perez

Politics & Policy

April 24, 2015

As a mom, I have to address the reality of social media in my children’s lives, along with balancing the privacy they need to grow and mature in a world I am handing off to them. Part of that is keeping them safe from predators by teaching them how to navigate technology they are more comfortable...

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